The former Baltimore Ravens guard had a lucrative career in professional football. But he chose to concentrate on his first love in academia<\/p>\n
John Urschel lifts the blinds in his second-floor office in the mathematics department of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Outside is Cambridge in all of its springtime splendor on a mid-April afternoon. Everything about his office says \u201ccollege professor\u201d \u2013 the computer on one side of the desk, the stack of papers on the other, the books on the shelves behind him.<\/p>\n
He grins through his beard and his eyes sparkle behind his glasses when he describes his research in linear algebra. When he gestures enthusiastically, you can imagine those huge hands protecting his quarterback from opposing pass rushers \u2013 which he once did as a guard for the Baltimore Ravens.<\/p>\n
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